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- Title
Monitoring the Impact of the Aznalcóllar Mining Spill on Recent Sediments from the Guadalquivir Estuary, Southwest Spain.
- Authors
Riba, I.; DelValls, T. Á.; Forja, J. M.; Gómez-Parra, A.
- Abstract
The article examines the impact of the Aznalcóllar mining spill on recent sediments from the guadalquivir estuary, Southwest Spain. On April 25, 1998 part of the tailings pond dike of the "Los Frailes" pyrite zinc mine, situated in Aznalcóllar, collapsed, releasing an estimated 3 million cubic meters of acidic water and 2 million cubic meters of toxic mud rich in toxic metals over the next five days. The Aznalcóllar accident is one of the worst disasters related to acute pollution ever recorded in Spanish history.
- Subjects
SPAIN; POLLUTION; ZINC; DISASTERS; HAZARDOUS geographic environments; METALS
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2002, Vol 69, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-002-0019-4